Over at the Faculty Hub
April 20th, 2022
Moodle-a-rama!
Organized material and a clear course schedule are essential for student success, even more so in a blended learning environment. If you are wondering how to organize your Moodle page, or you have ever wanted to see inside a colleague's Moodle setup, now is your chance! Come and share how you design your Moodle page so that others can get inspired. This is a VIRTUAL event facilitated by the Blended Teaching and Learning Support Team.
April 22, 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m., Via Zoom.
Join this workshop from the Faculty Hub website
April 20th, 2022
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) has named 10 of its faculty members “DALChampions” in honour of their extraordinary contributions to innovating the classroom experience. DALC is a group of teachers from a variety of disciplines that strives to improve teaching and learning through Active Learning (AL) pedagogical practices, and…
Over at the Faculty Hub
April 6th, 2022
Workshop for Faculty
Engaging Groupwork: Strategies for Meaningful Activities
Wednesday, April 13, 10:00-11:30 a.m. In-person in room 3F.5
Facilitated by: Jeff Gandell and Cory Legassic
Do you use groupwork in class and feel like it could go better? Do you feel like only some students are benefiting? This workshop will share impactful practices on three stages of in-class group work: before, during, and after the activity. Participants will leave with new insight, concrete ideas, and new questions about how to make teamwork come alive in the classroom.
A Writing in the Disciplines (WID)/Saltise co-production
Register Here or from the Faculty Hub website (Events)
Talk with Dr. Catherine Kinewesquao Richardson March 24
March 23rd, 2022
Decolonization and Indigenization Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Resist Violence and the Creative Collective for Change present an online conversation with Dr. Catherine Kinewesquao Richardson. She will speak about Cultural safety and managing risky conversations in the classroom on March 24 at 2:45 p.m.
Click Read More for the Zoom link.
Teaching Excellence Awards are back!
March 23rd, 2022
In past years, nominations were held in both Fall and Winter semesters, but this year they will be held all at once. From March 21 through April 3, students and faculty may nominate a teacher who best embodies teaching excellence through their outstanding teaching performance in the classroom, lab, and/or field work.
Dawson College is proud of its teachers and the Director General wants to thank them by allowing students and faculty to recognize teachers by giving them the opportunity to win an award that highlights their devoted work.
Five teachers will be selected: two in pre-university programs, one in a career program, one in general education, and one in a continuing education program (including AEC). Results will be announced in September of the following academic year during Ped Day.
More information on the criteria and procedures can be found through the My Dawson Portal (Omnivox) in the My Dawson Life menu under Teaching Excellence Award. Please read through them carefully before you nominate a teacher. Happy voting!
Over at the Faculty Hub
March 22nd, 2022
Virtual Workshops with the Blended Teaching & Learning Support Team
- Blended Teaching and Learning: The Basics
March 25, 1-2:30 p.m.
What is Blended Learning? How is it different from other computer-mediated pedagogies? Is there a right way to do it? We have summarized some evidence-based frameworks and ideas into this presentation. Join us to talk about blended teaching and learning. (This presentation is a repeat of presentations given at Career Council, Sector Meetings, and Senate)
- Homework vs. Asynchronous: What's the Difference?
April 8, 2:30-4 p.m.
We've all asked ourselves the big questions: who am I? what is the good life? Recently, though, in your blended course, you may have been asking yourself another: what's the difference between homework and asynchronous class work? Join in to explore the differences, both in theory and in practice. We hope to arrive at some concrete answers - and to delight in the process of asking the question!
Virtual Office Hours
- Blended Teaching Virtual Office Hours are available throughout March and April
Visit the Faculty Hub for more info or to join these events
New Faculty Orientation March 14
March 9th, 2022
Dawson’s New Faculty Orientation will take place Monday, March 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. It is designed to introduce new faculty to information about college services and procedures, teaching at the college level, and tips for engaging students.
The orientation includes asynchronous and synchronous components:
· Welcome from the Deans and Directors of Dawson
· Competency based education and the program approach
· Academic integrity at Dawson
· Faculty deadlines
· Faculty roles and responsibilities
· Classroom scenarios and discussion
· Professional development opportunities
This event is open to all new Day and Continuing Education faculty with Winter 2022 workload.
Please register via this link: RSVP
Content for the orientation will be shared prior to the event via the RSVP list.
March 9th, 2022
The Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC), celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, has a few invitations for you. There are a number of DALC events scheduled over the March break. The sessions are all on Zoom and all are welcome: Tuesday (March 15) – Show & Tell: Share engaging strategies with other teachers and have…
Over at the Faculty Hub
March 9th, 2022
Difficult Conversations: Minimizing Harm/Creating Accountability – Attend this March 11th virtual workshop from the Dawson Creative Collective for Change
Unjust power structures can be challenged or reproduced in the classroom. Harms can be done, traumas triggered, mistakes made, shame inflicted and apologies given. The goal of this workshop is to work through the complexities present when an educator stumbles into the polarizing social issues of today. By exploring some cases of "cancel culture" in institutions of higher education and beyond, we are prompted to ask: are there distinctions to be made between giving offense and doing harm? Do good intentions matter? Can a defense grounded in the right to academic freedom seem dismissive? Is there room for mistakes and forgiveness?
Access this virtual workshop from the Faculty Hub website.
Over at the Faculty Hub
February 16th, 2022
- Blended Teaching and Learning Support Team Available for Departments or Individuals
This team draws on scholarship, best-practices and years of personal experience, and have a practical understanding of teaching in various disciplines and programs.
The members include: Catherine Braithwaite (History), Laurent Duval (French), Chantale Giguère (French), Daniel Goldsmith (Humanities), Einat Idan (pedagogical counsellor, Academic Development), Mark Mattei (Physiotherapy Technology) and Helen Stavaris (Business Administration).
Contact the team by e-mail or through the Faculty Hub Request Support form.
- Anti-oppression, Anti-racist, and Trauma-informed Pedagogical Support Available for Departments or Individuals
Contact Diana Rice or Azra Khan for help with pedagogical support, resources and funding for professional development, and/or to source a discipline-specific specialist.
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